A medieval taste testing session will include the intriguingly named Bosworth Jumbles, biscuits believed to have been baked during Richard III’s reign.

People can give them a try at an open event to be held at Leicester’s Jewry Wall Museum on Sunday March 22 from 11.30am until 3.30pm.

Museum volunteer Margaret Adamson has been cooking up the medieval fare based on archaeological finds and research carried out by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS).

The Bosworth Jumbles will be served alongside a medieval vegetable soup called pottage and other historical culinary recipes.

Margaret said: “These foods are examples of what may have been available at a local inn, such as the Blue Boar Inn, for ordinary people.”

Surviving medieval recipe books and written accounts provide details of food eaten by the upper echelons of society and a display of replicas of such dishes will be on show at the museum until Sunday March 29.”

Angela Monckton, consultant in environmental archaeology for ULAS, said: “Specialists at ULAS have identified a number of ingredients and food types available in medieval Leicester, mainly from environmental archaeology which involves sieving soil samples from excavated sites to examine for microscopic plant and animal remains.”

Angela’s research and Margaret’s practical recreations are being combined to produce a booklet called A Taste of Medieval Leicester: Food fit for a King? which is due to be available to visitors of the museum in the summer.

* Sunday’s free event will also feature a demonstration of a knight dressing for battle, the history of the Battle of Bosworth, medieval music and craft activities for children.